PowerShell Gallery requirements
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---
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−description: The PowerShell Gallery is the central repository for PowerShell modules, scripts, and DSC resources.
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−ms.date: 11/16/2022
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+description: The PowerShellGet module provides commands to interact with the PowerShell Gallery, the central repository for PowerShell modules, scripts, and DSC resources.
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+ms.date: 04/12/2023
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title: The PowerShell Gallery
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# The PowerShell Gallery
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−The PowerShell Gallery is the central repository for PowerShell content. In it, you can find
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+The [PowerShell Gallery][02] is the central repository for PowerShell content. In it, you can find
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PowerShell scripts, modules containing PowerShell cmdlets and Desired State Configuration (DSC)
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resources. Some of these packages are authored by Microsoft, and others are authored by the
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PowerShell community.
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−## The PowerShellGet module
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The **PowerShellGet** module contains cmdlets for discovering, installing, updating, and publishing
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−PowerShell packages from the [PowerShell Gallery](https://www.powershellgallery.com). These packages
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−can contain artifacts such as Modules, DSC Resources, Role Capabilities, and Scripts.
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−### Version history
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−Windows PowerShell 5.1 comes with version 1.0.0.1 of **PowerShellGet** preinstalled.
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−> [!IMPORTANT]
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−> This version of PowerShellGet has a limited features and doesn't support the updated capabilities
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−> of the PowerShell Gallery. To be supported, you must update to the latest version.
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−PowerShell 6.0 shipped with version 1.6.0 of **PowerShellGet**. PowerShell 7.0 shipped with version
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−2.2.3 of **PowerShellGet**. The current supported version of **PowerShellGet** is 2.2.5.
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−For best results, use the latest version of the **PowerShellGet** module. See
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−[Installing PowerShellGet](installing-psget.md) for complete instructions. The cmdlet reference
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−documentation on this site documents the latest version.
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−## Getting Started with the PowerShell Gallery
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−Check out the [Getting Started](getting-started.md) page for more information on how to use
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−**PowerShellGet** commands with the Gallery. You can also run
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−`Update-Help -Module PowerShellGet -Force` to install local help for these commands.
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−PowerShell is cross-platform, which means it works on Windows, Linux, and macOS. That also makes
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−**PowerShellGet** available on those systems. For a full list of systems supported by PowerShell
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−see [Installing PowerShell](/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell).
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−Modules in the PowerShell Gallery can support different operating systems and have additional
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−requirements. For information, see the documentation for the module.
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−## Got a question? Have feedback?
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+PowerShell packages from the PowerShell Gallery. These packages can contain artifacts such as
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+Modules, DSC Resources, Role Capabilities, and Scripts. Make sure you have the latest version of
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+**PowerShellGet** installed.
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−More information about the PowerShell Gallery and **PowerShellGet** can be found in the
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−[Getting Started](getting-started.md) page.
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+The documentation for **PowerShellGet** and the PowerShell Gallery has been moved to a new location
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+so that we can manage the version-specific information separate from the versions of PowerShell.
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−To see the current status of the PowerShell Gallery services, see the
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−[PowerShell Gallery Status](https://aka.ms/psgallery-status) page on GitHub.
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+See the new documentation in [PowerShellGet and the PowerShell Gallery][01].
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−Please provide feedback and report issues in the [GitHub repository](https://aka.ms/psgallery-issues).
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+<!-- link references -->
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+[01]: /powershell/gallery/overview
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+[02]: https://www.powershellgallery.com
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